How to Use pulmonary in a Sentence

pulmonary

adjective

• The fifth, a five-month-old, died in 1975 from acute pulmonary edema.
  — Fox News, 21 Oct. 2022
• His son Jeff Sarokin said the cause was pulmonary fibrosis.
  — Joseph P. Fried, New York Times, 24 June 2023
• The blood clots can travel to your lungs, causing a pulmonary embolism.
  — Erica Sweeney, Men's Health, 27 July 2023
• The cause was pulmonary fibrosis, said her cousin Sara Kambestad.
  — Emily Langer, BostonGlobe.com, 6 May 2023
• His cause of death was a pulmonary edema, or fluid in the lungs, The New York Times reported.
  — Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 12 Jan. 2023
• Mensah was on the team but sidelined by a pulmonary embolism.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Feb. 2023
• The 2017 research shows that the cause of death in the majority of these cases was a pulmonary fat embolism.
  — Melanie Rud, SELF, 30 Sep. 2022
• Some of them could no longer run or climb stairs, and yet their X-rays and pulmonary-function tests looked normal.
  — New York Times, 11 Jan. 2022
• The cause was a pulmonary embolism, said Michael McGowan, his husband.
  — Richard Sandomir, New York Times, 18 Oct. 2023
• To look for blood clots in the lung, or a pulmonary embolism, your doctor would order a CT scan with contrast.
  — L'oreal Thompson Payton, Fortune, 10 Jan. 2023
• His son, Sam, said the cause of death, in a hospital, was pulmonary fibrosis.
  — Richard Sandomir, New York Times, 25 Jan. 2024
• Blood clots in the lungs, called pulmonary emboli, most often occur in people who have known risk for them.
  — Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 1 Nov. 2021
• Ubben, 84, died of pulmonary fibrosis on Dec. 13 at his home, said his son, Jeffrey.
  — Bob Goldsborough, chicagotribune.com, 28 Dec. 2021
• Two weeks after her son, Khari, was born, Gibson died from a pulmonary embolism.
  — NBC News, 11 Feb. 2022
• If untreated, a clot could then break off and travel to the lungs and cause a life-threatening pulmonary embolism.
  — David Matthews, New York Daily News, 3 Apr. 2024
• For example, a pulmonary infection can leave scars in the lungs or trigger blood clots.
  — Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 13 Feb. 2024
• The device pulls blood out of the body to oxygenate and ventilate it, functioning like pulmonary bypass at the bedside.
  — Dallas News, 13 Jan. 2023
• Andrew Ladores passed on June 2 at the age of 49 due to pulmonary embolism that irreparably damaged his lungs and kidneys.
  — Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2022
• Heche, 53, suffered burns and a pulmonary injury in the crash and was in critical condition as of Monday evening.
  — Christi Carras, Los Angeles Times, 9 Aug. 2022
• That means his heart was filled with holes and the pulmonary valve was too narrow, according to his family, who lives in Nashville.
  — David Begnaud, CBS News, 1 Sep. 2022
• Meanwhile, high-altitude pulmonary edema happens when the blood vessels in the lungs begin to leak fluid and fill up the lungs.
  — Allie Conti, Field & Stream, 27 Sep. 2023
• His son, Ermanno Taviani, said the cause of his death, in a hospital, was pulmonary edema.
  — Clay Risen, New York Times, 10 Mar. 2024
• Owen Hanley practiced pulmonary medicine in Fairbanks for about 35 years.
  — Mark Thiessen, Anchorage Daily News, 24 Mar. 2022
• The emergency rule limited them to no more than three, and required the use of an ultrasound to help surgeons lower the risk of a pulmonary fat clot.
  — Daniel Chang, CNN, 25 Feb. 2023
• Irene and her husband moved onto the property after Paul passed away from a pulmonary embolism two years ago.
  — Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 7 May 2023
• His wife, Maria, also suffering severe pulmonary problems from Covid, lay in the next bed.
  — New York Times, 8 Nov. 2021
• Her cause of death is said to be a pulmonary embolism — a life-threatening condition in which one or more arteries in the lungs have been blocked by a blood clot.
  — Njera Perkins, Peoplemag, 10 May 2024
• Heartworm is a parasite that causes a pulmonary disease in pets like dogs, cats and ferrets.
  — Claire Rafford, The Indianapolis Star, 21 June 2022
• In high-altitude pulmonary edema (HAPE), fluid accumulates in the lungs, inhibiting the transfer of oxygen into the blood.
  — Alison Osius, Outside Online, 4 July 2024
• Without the means to stem the infection, the fungus can rapidly grow and spread, causing a potentially serious lung infection called pulmonary cryptococcosis.
  — Brigid Dwyer, Verywell Health, 2 July 2024

Last Updated: 18 Sep 2024